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How the Endangered Species Act is Helping to Restore the Klamath River Basin

Vermont Law

Ever increasing water use, and severe drought conditions, brought conflicts over water use to a head in the early 2000s when water conservation measures were taken in order to protect several fish listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Three KRB fish species are especially significant from an environmental perspective.

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Chop, chop: Ontario’s Attacks on Endangered Species Keep Coming

Enviromental Defense

Ontario had one of the strongest endangered species laws in the world because the people of Ontario care about our natural heritage. And now the government has a new proposal – and it’s terrible for endangered species. TELL ONTARIO NOT TO BY-PASS THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT .

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For Whom the Bellwether Tolls: Polar Bears, Climate Change, and Confounding Art with Science

HumanNature

Polar bears were the first species to be listed under the Endangered Species Act proactively. Anger, either, at the world for doing next to nothing about climate change, or anger at the photographers and media for subjecting audiences to what they saw as disturbing, agenda-driven content. 2 Molnár, P. Holland, M.

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Mountain Valley Pipeline: Science, Community Activism, and the Fight to Preserve Scientist voices

Union of Concerned Scientists

Environmental advocates have raised alarms about the impact of MVP construction on the Candy Darter fish and other threatened and endangered species along the pipeline route, as well as sediment and erosion impacts to waterways. It is in these regulatory processes that we at V-SCI found numerous opportunities to contribute.

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How Can We Protect the North Pacific Right Whale?

Ocean Conservancy

NOAA Fisheries estimates that only about 30 individuals remain in the Eastern North Pacific right whale stock that visits the Gulf of Alaska and the Southeast Bering Sea. The North Pacific right whale has been listed as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act since 1973 and is listed as “depleted” under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 A similar bill passed the Senate in 2020 but did not advance in the House of Representatives.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

If you are interested in being featured in media advisories and serving as an expert for journalists writing about COP 27 or COP15, please complete this form. More information about this call for art and the upcoming public comment period on the draft report can be found at globalchange.gov/nca5. from 12,549 in 2020 to 11,814 in 2021.

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